Weather-strip.



,No. 859,491. PATENTBD JULY 9, 1907. J. H. FOOTB.

WEATHER STRIP- APPLICATION rum) MAR. 16, 1905.

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JAMES H. FOOTE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

WEATHER-STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed March 15,1905. Serial N0- 250,184.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. Foorn. a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Cincinnati. county of Hamilton, State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWeather-Strips, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is a weather strip which will effectuallyexclude the passage of air between a window, or a door and its framewhen they are closed, which may be manufactured at a small expense andmay readily be applied to windows and doors of ordinary construction.This object is attained by the means illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in

which section would pass through each of them. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of a device which may be used without bending the strip.

Referring to the parts. Sashes, A, A, their stiles, a, a

the frame, B, the vertical dividing strip, b, and the front and rearmoldings, 1/, b of the window frame are of ordinary construction andneed not, therefore, be more specifically described.

The weather strip embodying my invention consists of a strip of elasticmetal, C, bent about a longitudinal line, 0, parallel to itslongitudinal sides into two members, 0, 0 the member, 0, having holes, 0to receive brads, d, to attach the strip to a window or door, so thatthe member, a, will bear against the frame of the Window, or door.

To the member, a, I apply the term, the rigid member, and to the member,0 I apply the term, the spring member. Member, 0, is stiffened bylongitudinal ribs, 0, 0 the rib, c lying adjacent to the dividing line,0, and the rib, a, lying adjacent to the longitudinal edge of the rigidmember, 0, leaving a space, 0, between them to receive the brads. Theribs may be formed in the strip, C, before it is bent about the dividingline, 0, and the strip may then be applied to the window sash, or door,in its flat condition and .the spring member may then be made to takeits angular position relatively to the rigid member, 0, by running adevice, E, such as shown in Fig. 4, alongside of the rib, 0

It is seen that the ribs cause the rigid member, 0, to retain its shapeagainst buckling and to form a rigid support about which the springmember may move, as the pressure upon the same varies with the pressureagainst the faces of the window or door.

In a window as shown in Fig. 3, the spring members bear against thedividing strip and against the moldings of the frame, and while formingan effective barrier to the passage of air between the sashes, themoldings and the dividing strip and prevents also any rattling of thesashes in their frame, yet do not render the vertical movement of thewindow in its sashes too hard.

What I claim is:

A weather strip consisting of a strip of metal bent at an obtuse angleabout a longitudinal line into a rigid and a spring member, the rigidmember having two longitudinal ribs formed in it, one along thelongitudinal line, the other along the outer edge of the rigid member, aspace being left between the ribs for receiving the attaching brads.

JAMES H. FOOTE.

Witnesses:

WALTER F. MURRAY, AGNES McCoRMAcK.

